2010 Governor General's Literary Awards Nominees

Nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced Wednesday in Toronto. The English-language finalists are:

FICTION

Waiting for Joe (Random House Canada; distributed by Random House of Canada), Sandra Birdsell, Regina

Room (HarperCollins Publishers; distributed by HarperCollins Canada), Emma Donoghue, London, Ont.

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass (Alfred A. Knopf Canada; distributed by Random House of Canada), Drew Hayden Taylor, Curve Lake, Ont.

Cool Water (Phyllis Bruce Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; distributed by HarperCollins Canada), Dianne Warren, Regina

Annabel (House of Anansi Press; distributed by HarperCollins Canada), Kathleen Winter, Montreal

POETRY

Boxing the Compass (Signal Editions, an imprint of Vehicule Press; distributed by LitDistCo), Richard Greene, Cobourg, Ont.

Circus (Signal Editions, an imprint of Vehicule Press; distributed by LitDistCo), Michael Harris, Westmount, Que.

&: A Serial Poem (Fitzhenry & Whiteside; distributed by the publisher), Daryl Hine, Chicago, originally from New Westminster, B.C.

Exploding into Night (Guernica Editions; distributed by University of Toronto Press), Sandy Pool, Toronto

Deepwater Vee (McClelland & Stewart; distributed by Random House of Canada), Melanie Siebert, Victoria

DRAMA

Afterimage (Playwrights Canada Press; distributed by the publisher), Robert Chafe, St. John's, N.L.

Scratch (Playwrights Canada Press; distributed by the publisher), Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, Toronto

Courageous (Playwrights Canada Press; distributed by the publisher), Michael Healey, Toronto

Such Creatures (Playwrights Canada Press; distributed by the publisher), Judith Thompson, Toronto

Lady in the red dress (Playwrights Canada Press; distributed by the publisher), David Yee, Toronto

NON-FICTION

A History of Marriage (Penguin Group (Canada); distributed by the publisher), Elizabeth Abbott, Toronto

The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son (Random House Canada; distributed by Random House of Canada), Ian Brown, Toronto

Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada (Greystone Books, an imprint of D&M Publishers; distributed by HarperCollins Canada), Allan Casey, Saskatoon

Burmese Lessons: A Love Story (Random House Canada; distributed by Random House of Canada), Karen Connelly, Toronto

Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000 (Alfred A. Knopf Canada; distributed by Random House of Canada), John English, Kitchener, Ont.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: TEXT

Me, Myself and Ike (Orca Book Publishers; distributed by the publisher), K.L. Denman, Powell River, B.C.

Tyranny (Tundra Books; distributed by Random House of Canada), Lesley Fairfield, Toronto

Free as a Bird (Dundurn Press; distributed by University of Toronto Press), Gina McMurchy-Barber, Surrey, B.C.

Fishtailing (Coteau Books; distributed by Publishers Group of Canada), Wendy Phillips, Richmond, B.C.

Scars (WestSide Books; distributed by Chapters/Indigo), Cheryl Rainfield, Toronto

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: ILLUSTRATION

Uirapuru: based on a Brazilian legend text by P.K. Page (Oolichan Books; distributed by University of Toronto Press), Kristi Bridgeman, Victoria

Owls See Clearly at Night: a Michif alphabet text by Julie Flett (Simply Read Books; distributed by Publishers Group Canada), Julie Flett, Vancouver

I Know Here, text by Laurel Croza (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press; distributed by HarperCollins Canada), Matt James, Toronto

Cat's Night Out, text by Caroline Stutson (Simon & Schuster/A Paula Wiseman Book; distributed by Simon & Schuster Canada), Jon Klassen, Los Angeles, originally from Niagara Falls, Ont.

The Quiet Book, text by Deborah Underwood (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; distributed by Thomas Allen & Son), Renata Liwska, Calgary

TRANSLATION: FRENCH TO ENGLISH

Sheila Fischman, Montreal, The Blue Notebook (Talonbooks; distributed by Publishers Group Canada), English translation of Le cahier bleu by Michel Tremblay (Lemeac Editeur/Actes Sud)

Sheila Fischman, Montreal, On the Proper Use of Stars (McClelland & Stewart; distributed by Random House), English translation of Du bon usage des étoiles by Dominique Fortier (Editions Alto)

Linda Gaboriau, Montreal, Forests (Playwrights Canada Press; distributed by the publisher), English translation of Forêts by Wajdi Mouawad (Lemeac Editeur/Actes Sud)

Liedewy Hawke, Toronto, High-Wire Summer (Cormorant Books; distributed by University of Toronto Press), English translation of L'été funambule by Louise Dupre (XYZ editeur)

Lazer Lederhendler, Montreal, The Breakwater House (House of Anansi Press; distributed by HarperCollins Canada), English translation of La maison des temps rompus by Pascale Quiviger (Les Editions du Boreal)

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